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Amos 3:1--6:14

3:1

Hear
<08085> (8798)

this word
<01697>

that the LORD
<03068>

hath spoken
<01696> (8765)

against you, O children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

against the whole family
<04940>

which I brought up
<05927> (8689)

from the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

3:2

You only have I known
<03045> (8804)

of all the families
<04940>

of the earth
<0127>_:

therefore I will punish
<06485> (8799)

you for all your iniquities
<05771>_.

{punish: Heb. visit upon}

3:3

Can two
<08147>

walk
<03212> (8799)

together
<03162>_,

except
<01115>

they be agreed
<03259> (8738)_?

3:4

Will a lion
<0738>

roar
<07580> (8799)

in the forest
<03293>_,

when he hath no prey
<02964>_?

will a young lion
<03715>

cry out
<05414> (8799) <06963>

of his den
<04585>_,

if he have taken
<03920> (8804)

nothing
<01115>_?

{cry: Heb. give forth his voice}

3:5

Can a bird
<06833>

fall
<05307> (8799)

in a snare
<06341>

upon the earth
<0776>_,

where no gin
<04170>

[is] for him? shall [one] take up
<05927> (8799)

a snare
<06341>

from the earth
<0127>_,

and have taken
<03920> (8799)

nothing at all
<03920> (8800)_?

3:6

Shall a trumpet
<07782>

be blown
<08628> (8735)

in the city
<05892>_,

and the people
<05971>

not be afraid
<02729> (8799)_?

shall there be evil
<07451>

in a city
<05892>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

hath not done
<06213> (8804)

[it]? {be afraid: or, run together?} {the LORD...: or, shall not the LORD do somewhat?}

3:7

Surely the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

will do
<06213> (8799)

nothing
<01697>_,

but he revealeth
<01540> (8804)

his secret
<05475>

unto his servants
<05650>

the prophets
<05030>_.

3:8

The lion
<0738>

hath roared
<07580> (8804)_,

who will not
<03808>

fear
<03372> (8799)_?

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

hath spoken
<01696> (8765)_,

who can but prophesy
<05012> (8735)_?

3:9

Publish
<08085> (8685)

in the palaces
<0759>

at Ashdod
<0795>_,

and in the palaces
<0759>

in the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

and say
<0559> (8798)_,

Assemble
<0622> (8734)

yourselves upon the mountains
<02022>

of Samaria
<08111>_,

and behold
<07200> (8798)

the great
<07227>

tumults
<04103>

in the midst
<07130>

thereof, and the oppressed
<06217>

in the midst
<08432>

thereof. {oppressed: or, oppressions}

3:10

For they know
<03045> (8804)

not to do
<06213> (8800)

right
<05229>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

who store
<0686> (8802)

up violence
<02555>

and robbery
<07701>

in their palaces
<0759>_.

{robbery: or, spoil}

3:11

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_;

An adversary
<06862>

[there shall be] even round about
<05439>

the land
<0776>_;

and he shall bring down
<03381> (8689)

thy strength
<05797>

from thee, and thy palaces
<0759>

shall be spoiled
<0962> (8738)_.

3:12

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

As the shepherd
<07462> (8802)

taketh out
<05337> (8686)

of the mouth
<06310>

of the lion
<0738>

two
<08147>

legs
<03767>_,

or a piece
<0915>

of an ear
<0241>_;

so shall the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

be taken out
<05337> (8735)

that dwell
<03427> (8802)

in Samaria
<08111>

in the corner
<06285>

of a bed
<04296>_,

and in Damascus
<01833>

[in] a couch
<06210>_.

{taketh: Heb. delivereth} {in Damascus...: or, on the bed's feet}

3:13

Hear
<08085> (8798)

ye, and testify
<05749> (8685)

in the house
<01004>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_,

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

3:14

That in the day
<03117>

that I shall visit
<06485> (8800)

the transgressions
<06588>

of Israel
<03478>

upon him I will also visit
<06485> (8804)

the altars
<04196>

of Bethel
<01008>_:

and the horns
<07161>

of the altar
<04196>

shall be cut off
<01438> (8738)_,

and fall
<05307> (8804)

to the ground
<0776>_.

{visit: or, punish Israel for}

3:15

And I will smite
<05221> (8689)

the winter
<02779>

house
<01004>

with the summer
<07019>

house
<01004>_;

and the houses
<01004>

of ivory
<08127>

shall perish
<06> (8804)_,

and the great
<07227>

houses
<01004>

shall have an end
<05486> (8804)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

4:1

Hear
<08085> (8798)

this word
<01697>_,

ye kine
<06510>

of Bashan
<01316>_,

that [are] in the mountain
<02022>

of Samaria
<08111>_,

which oppress
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>_,

which crush
<07533> (8802)

the needy
<034>_,

which say
<0559> (8802)

to their masters
<0113>_,

Bring
<0935> (8685)_,

and let us drink
<08354> (8799)_.

4:2

The Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

hath sworn
<07650> (8738)

by his holiness
<06944>_,

that, lo, the days
<03117>

shall come
<0935> (8802)

upon you, that he will take you away
<05375> (8765)

with hooks
<06793>_,

and your posterity
<0319>

with fishhooks
<01729> <05518>_.

4:3

And ye shall go out
<03318> (8799)

at the breaches
<06556>_,

every
<0802>

[cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast
<07993> (8689)

[them] into the palace
<02038>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{cast...: or, cast away the things of the palace}

4:4

Come
<0935> (8798)

to Bethel
<01008>_,

and transgress
<06586> (8798)_;

at Gilgal
<01537>

multiply
<07235> (8685)

transgression
<06586> (8800)_;

and bring
<0935> (8685)

your sacrifices
<02077>

every morning
<01242>_,

[and] your tithes
<04643>

after three
<07969>

years
<03117>_:

{three...: Heb. three years of days}

4:5

And offer
<06999> (8763)

a sacrifice of thanksgiving
<08426>

with leaven
<02557>_,

and proclaim
<07121> (8798)

[and] publish
<08085> (8685)

the free offerings
<05071>_:

for this
<03651>

liketh
<0157> (8804)

you, O ye children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_.

{offer: Heb. offer by burning} {this...: Heb. so ye love}

4:6

And I also have given
<05414> (8804)

you cleanness
<05356>

of teeth
<08127>

in all your cities
<05892>_,

and want
<02640>

of bread
<03899>

in all your places
<04725>_:

yet have ye not returned
<07725> (8804)

unto me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

4:7

And also I have withholden
<04513> (8804)

the rain
<01653>

from you, when [there were] yet three
<07969>

months
<02320>

to the harvest
<07105>_:

and I caused it to rain
<04305> (8689)

upon one
<0259>

city
<05892>_,

and caused it not to rain
<04305> (8686)

upon another
<0259>

city
<05892>_:

one
<0259>

piece
<02513>

was rained
<04305> (8735)

upon, and the piece
<02513>

whereupon it rained
<04305> (8686)

not withered
<03001> (8799)_.

4:8

So two
<08147>

[or] three
<07969>

cities
<05892>

wandered
<05128> (8804)

unto one
<0259>

city
<05892>_,

to drink
<08354> (8800)

water
<04325>_;

but they were not satisfied
<07646> (8799)_:

yet have ye not returned
<07725> (8804)

unto me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

4:9

I have smitten
<05221> (8689)

you with blasting
<07711>

and mildew
<03420>_:

when your gardens
<01593>

and your vineyards
<03754>

and your fig trees
<08384>

and your olive trees
<02132>

increased
<07235> (8687)_,

the palmerworm
<01501>

devoured
<0398> (8799)

[them]: yet have ye not returned
<07725> (8804)

unto me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{when...: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm}

4:10

I have sent
<07971> (8765)

among you the pestilence
<01698>

after the manner
<01870>

of Egypt
<04714>_:

your young men
<0970>

have I slain
<02026> (8804)

with the sword
<02719>_,

and have taken away
<07628>

your horses
<05483>_;

and I have made the stink
<0889>

of your camps
<04264>

to come up
<05927> (8686)

unto your nostrils
<0639>_:

yet have ye not returned
<07725> (8804)

unto me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{after...: or, in the way} {and have...: Heb. with the captivity of your horses}

4:11

I have overthrown
<02015> (8804)

[some] of you, as God
<0430>

overthrew
<04114>

Sodom
<05467>

and Gomorrah
<06017>_,

and ye were as a firebrand
<0181>

plucked out
<05337> (8716)

of the burning
<08316>_:

yet have ye not returned
<07725> (8804)

unto me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

4:12

Therefore thus will I do
<06213> (8799)

unto thee, O Israel
<03478>_:

[and] because
<06118>

I will do
<06213> (8799)

this unto thee, prepare
<03559> (8734)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

thy God
<0430>_,

O Israel
<03478>_.

4:13

For, lo, he that formeth
<03335> (8802)

the mountains
<02022>_,

and createth
<01254> (8802)

the wind
<07307>_,

and declareth
<05046> (8688)

unto man
<0120>

what [is] his thought
<07808>_,

that maketh
<06213> (8802)

the morning
<07837>

darkness
<05890>_,

and treadeth
<01869> (8802)

upon the high places
<01116>

of the earth
<0776>_,

The LORD
<03068>_,

The God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

[is] his name
<08034>_.

{wind: or, spirit}

5:1

Hear
<08085> (8798)

ye this word
<01697>

which I take up
<05375> (8802)

against you, [even] a lamentation
<07015>_,

O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

5:2

The virgin
<01330>

of Israel
<03478>

is fallen
<05307> (8804)_;

she shall no more
<03254> (8686)

rise
<06965> (8800)_:

she is forsaken
<05203> (8738)

upon her land
<0127>_;

[there is] none to raise her up
<06965> (8688)_.

5:3

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_;

The city
<05892>

that went out
<03318> (8802)

[by] a thousand
<0505>

shall leave
<07604> (8686)

an hundred
<03967>_,

and that which went forth
<03318> (8802)

[by] an hundred
<03967>

shall leave
<07604> (8686)

ten
<06235>_,

to the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

5:4

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

unto the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Seek
<01875> (8798)

ye me, and ye shall live
<02421> (8798)_:

5:5

But seek
<01875> (8799)

not Bethel
<01008>_,

nor enter
<0935> (8799)

into Gilgal
<01537>_,

and pass
<05674> (8799)

not to Beersheba
<0884>_:

for Gilgal
<01537>

shall surely
<01540> (8800)

go into captivity
<01540> (8799)_,

and Bethel
<01008>

shall come to nought
<0205>_.

5:6

Seek
<01875> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and ye shall live
<02421> (8798)_;

lest he break out
<06743> (8799)

like fire
<0784>

in the house
<01004>

of Joseph
<03130>_,

and devour
<0398> (8804)

[it], and [there be] none to quench
<03518> (8764)

[it] in Bethel
<01008>_.

5:7

Ye who turn
<02015> (8802)

judgment
<04941>

to wormwood
<03939>_,

and leave off
<03240> (8689)

righteousness
<06666>

in the earth
<0776>_,

5:8

[Seek him] that maketh
<06213> (8802)

the seven stars
<03598>

and Orion
<03685>_,

and turneth
<02015> (8802)

the shadow of death
<06757>

into the morning
<01242>_,

and maketh the day
<03117>

dark
<02821> (8689)

with night
<03915>_:

that calleth
<07121> (8802)

for the waters
<04325>

of the sea
<03220>_,

and poureth them out
<08210> (8799)

upon the face
<06440>

of the earth
<0776>_:

The LORD
<03068>

[is] his name
<08034>_:

5:9

That strengtheneth
<01082> (8688)

the spoiled
<07701>

against the strong
<05794>_,

so that the spoiled
<07701>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

against the fortress
<04013>_.

{spoiled: Heb. spoil}

5:10

They hate
<08130> (8804)

him that rebuketh
<03198> (8688)

in the gate
<08179>_,

and they abhor
<08581> (8762)

him that speaketh
<01696> (8802)

uprightly
<08549>_.

5:11

Forasmuch
<03282>

therefore as your treading
<01318> (8780)

[is] upon the poor
<01800>_,

and ye take
<03947> (8799)

from him burdens
<04864>

of wheat
<01250>_:

ye have built
<01129> (8804)

houses
<01004>

of hewn stone
<01496>_,

but ye shall not dwell
<03427> (8799)

in them; ye have planted
<05193> (8804)

pleasant
<02531>

vineyards
<03754>_,

but ye shall not drink
<08354> (8799)

wine
<03196>

of them. {pleasant...: Heb. vineyards of desire}

5:12

For I know
<03045> (8804)

your manifold
<07227>

transgressions
<06588>

and your mighty
<06099>

sins
<02403>_:

they afflict
<06887> (8802)

the just
<06662>_,

they take
<03947> (8802)

a bribe
<03724>_,

and they turn aside
<05186> (8689)

the poor
<034>

in the gate
<08179>

[from their right]. {a bribe: or, a ransom}

5:13

Therefore the prudent
<07919> (8688)

shall keep silence
<01826> (8799)

in that time
<06256>_;

for it [is] an evil
<07451>

time
<06256>_.

5:14

Seek
<01875> (8798)

good
<02896>_,

and not evil
<07451>_,

that ye may live
<02421> (8799)_:

and so the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

shall be with you, as ye have spoken
<0559> (8804)_.

5:15

Hate
<08130> (8798)

the evil
<07451>_,

and love
<0157> (8798)

the good
<02896>_,

and establish
<03322> (8685)

judgment
<04941>

in the gate
<08179>_:

it may be that the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>

will be gracious
<02603> (8799)

unto the remnant
<07611>

of Joseph
<03130>_.

5:16

Therefore the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

the Lord
<0136>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

thus; Wailing
<04553>

[shall be] in all streets
<07339>_;

and they shall say
<0559> (8799)

in all the highways
<02351>_,

Alas
<01930>_!

alas
<01930>_!

and they shall call
<07121> (8804)

the husbandman
<0406>

to mourning
<060>_,

and such as are skilful
<03045> (8802)

of lamentation
<05092>

to wailing
<04553>_.

5:17

And in all vineyards
<03754>

[shall be] wailing
<04553>_:

for I will pass
<05674> (8799)

through
<07130>

thee, saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.

5:18

Woe
<01945>

unto you that desire
<0183> (8693)

the day
<03117>

of the LORD
<03068>_!

to what end
<04100>

[is] it for you? the day
<03117>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] darkness
<02822>_,

and not light
<0216>_.

5:19

As if a man
<0376>

did flee
<05127> (8799)

from
<06440>

a lion
<0738>_,

and a bear
<01677>

met
<06293> (8804)

him; or went
<0935> (8804)

into the house
<01004>_,

and leaned
<05564> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

on the wall
<07023>_,

and a serpent
<05175>

bit
<05391> (8804)

him.

5:20

[Shall] not the day
<03117>

of the LORD
<03068>

[be] darkness
<02822>_,

and not light
<0216>_?

even very dark
<0651>_,

and no brightness
<05051>

in it?

5:21

I hate
<08130> (8804)_,

I despise
<03988> (8804)

your feast days
<02282>_,

and I will not smell
<07306> (8686)

in your solemn assemblies
<06116>_.

{in...: or, your holy days}

5:22

Though ye offer
<05927> (8686)

me burnt offerings
<05930>

and your meat offerings
<04503>_,

I will not accept
<07521> (8799)

[them]: neither will I regard
<05027> (8686)

the peace offerings
<08002>

of your fat beasts
<04806>_.

{peace...: or, thank offerings}

5:23

Take thou away
<05493> (8685)

from me the noise
<01995>

of thy songs
<07892>_;

for I will not hear
<08085> (8799)

the melody
<02172>

of thy viols
<05035>_.

5:24

But let judgment
<04941>

run down
<01556> (8735)

as waters
<04325>_,

and righteousness
<06666>

as a mighty
<0386>

stream
<05158>_.

{run: Heb. roll}

5:25

Have ye offered
<05066> (8689)

unto me sacrifices
<02077>

and offerings
<04503>

in the wilderness
<04057>

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_,

O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_?

5:26

But ye have borne
<05375> (8804)

the tabernacle
<05522>

of your Moloch
<04428>

and Chiun
<03594>

your images
<06754>_,

the star
<03556>

of your god
<0430>_,

which ye made
<06213> (8804)

to yourselves. {the tabernacle...: or, Siccuth your king}

5:27

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
<01540> (8689)

beyond
<01973>

Damascus
<01834>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

whose name
<08034>

[is] The God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_.

6:1

Woe
<01945>

to them [that are] at ease
<07600>

in Zion
<06726>_,

and trust
<0982> (8802)

in the mountain
<02022>

of Samaria
<08111>_,

[which are] named
<05344> (8803)

chief
<07225>

of the nations
<01471>_,

to whom the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

came
<0935> (8804)_!

{are at...: or, are secure} {chief: or, firstfruits}

6:2

Pass
<05674> (8798)

ye unto Calneh
<03641>_,

and see
<07200> (8798)_;

and from thence go
<03212> (8798)

ye to Hamath
<02574>

the great
<07227> (8677) <02579>_:

then go down
<03381> (8798)

to Gath
<01661>

of the Philistines
<06430>_:

[be they] better
<02896>

than these kingdoms
<04467>_?

or their border
<01366>

greater
<07227>

than your border
<01366>_?

6:3

Ye that put far away
<05077> (8764)

the evil
<07451>

day
<03117>_,

and cause the seat
<07675> (8800)

of violence
<02555>

to come near
<05066> (8686)_;

{seat: or, habitation}

6:4

That lie
<07901> (8802)

upon beds
<04296>

of ivory
<08127>_,

and stretch
<05628> (8803)

themselves upon their couches
<06210>_,

and eat
<0398> (8802)

the lambs
<03733>

out of the flock
<06629>_,

and the calves
<05695>

out of the midst
<08432>

of the stall
<04770>_;

{stretch...: or, abound with superfluities}

6:5

That chant
<06527> (8802)

to the sound
<06310>

of the viol
<05035>_,

[and] invent
<02803> (8804)

to themselves instruments
<03627>

of musick
<07892>_,

like David
<01732>_;

{chant: or, quaver}

6:6

That drink
<08354> (8802)

wine
<03196>

in bowls
<04219>_,

and anoint
<04886> (8799)

themselves with the chief
<07225>

ointments
<08081>_:

but they are not grieved
<02470> (8738)

for the affliction
<07667>

of Joseph
<03130>_.

{wine...: or, in bowls of wine} {affliction: Heb. breach}

6:7

Therefore now shall they go captive
<01540> (8799)

with the first
<07218>

that go captive
<01540> (8802)_,

and the banquet
<04797>

of them that stretched
<05628> (8803)

themselves shall be removed
<05493> (8804)_.

6:8

The Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

hath sworn
<07650> (8738)

by himself
<05315>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

I abhor
<08374> (8764)

the excellency
<01347>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

and hate
<08130> (8804)

his palaces
<0759>_:

therefore will I deliver up
<05462> (8689)

the city
<05892>

with all that is therein
<04393>_.

{that...: Heb. the fulness thereof}

6:9

And it shall come to pass, if there remain
<03498> (8735)

ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

in one
<0259>

house
<01004>_,

that they shall die
<04191> (8804)_.

6:10

And a man's uncle
<01730>

shall take him up
<05375> (8804)_,

and he that burneth
<05635> (8764)

him, to bring out
<03318> (8687)

the bones
<06106>

out of the house
<01004>_,

and shall say
<0559> (8804)

unto him that [is] by the sides
<03411>

of the house
<01004>_,

[Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say
<0559> (8804)_,

No
<0657>_.

Then shall he say
<0559> (8804)_,

Hold thy tongue
<02013> (8761)_:

for we may not make mention
<02142> (8687)

of the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{we...: or, they will not, or, have not}

6:11

For, behold, the LORD
<03068>

commandeth
<06680> (8764)_,

and he will smite
<05221> (8689)

the great
<01419>

house
<01004>

with breaches
<07447>_,

and the little
<06996>

house
<01004>

with clefts
<01233>_.

{breaches: or, droppings}

6:12

Shall horses
<05483>

run
<07323> (8799)

upon the rock
<05553>_?

will [one] plow
<02790> (8799)

[there] with oxen
<01241>_?

for ye have turned
<02015> (8804)

judgment
<04941>

into gall
<07219>_,

and the fruit
<06529>

of righteousness
<06666>

into hemlock
<03939>_:

6:13

Ye which rejoice
<08056>

in a thing
<01697>

of nought
<03808>_,

which say
<0559> (8802)_,

Have we not taken
<03947> (8804)

to us horns
<07161>

by our own strength
<02392>_?

6:14

But, behold, I will raise up
<06965> (8688)

against you a nation
<01471>_,

O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_;

and they shall afflict
<03905> (8804)

you from the entering in
<0935> (8800)

of Hemath
<02574>

unto the river
<05158>

of the wilderness
<06160>_.

{river: or, valley}